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Something's rotten in Australia: foreign money and our politicians : Comments

By Peter West, published 19/6/2017

Labor and Liberal are both to blame. Well might Australians say, 'a plague on both your houses'.

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Yes, Peter and I believe, just the tip of the iceberg of endemic corruption? Otherwise why are "OUR" people so slow to act, or when they do, strain credulity to the absolute limit!?

Thus we have thoroughly disingenuous coal company stooges?

Out there, in public space, telling us that there is no cheaper base load energy than coal! Patently not true!

That our economy would fall in a heap if we were prevented from selling coal to the world? Demonstrably not true!

Our coal, when sold to other nations, helps debt laden, tax avoiding, price gouging, asset stripping, profit repatriating foreign firms more than it helps us.

Yes, it creates a few temporary jobs and infrastructure, we more often than not, pay for!

Given the revenue found as increased debt, is paid for from the extra tax garnered from the employees, we don't gain anything as much as we might, e.g., these projects were kept in house as Australian owned and operated, employee owned co-ops!

And why not, when essentially all we change is the name of the entity, servicing the same loans/startup money! And how much of the income earned stay here working for our Australian community! i.e., most of it!

Moreover, the pollies who approve all this stuff in our name, might not get the usual christmas bonus? Just the unusual satisfaction of putting Australia and Australians, first and foremost!

We can and do find (largely wasted) billions in public money to support tax avoiding, price gouging, profit repatriating firms, but not so much as cent, when it comes to government supported and facilitated employee co-ops, that would still enable any project or manufacturing entity to proceed and succeed.

And in so doing, invest in ourselves, or best people and their better ideas.

And the source, before compromised/ruined by debt laden, foreign speculators, of the Celtic economic miracle, and much of the (more intelligently led) Tiger economies!

"OUR" pollies however, not up to the challenge or absolutely honest incorruptible representation?

So, we are left with no other choice than a clean sweep with a new broom!
Alan B.
Posted by Alan B., Monday, 19 June 2017 10:42:37 AM
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Oh dear, the poor lobbyist, cut out of the loop by the middlemen shy Chinese. It is good to know that only the Chinese are so crass.

Although not mentioned, I find it hard to believe that no other foreign Government or Corporation has ever seen the possible benefits of giving money to Politicians.

And of course such things never happen to Politicians in any other country. Could it be that Australia is unique? After all we are the only place on earth with kangaroos.

Those Chinese will just have to learn to employ Australian talent to present their cases to Government.

Lobbyists of the world unite!
Posted by don't worry, Monday, 19 June 2017 11:32:50 AM
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“the words racist and racism  are easy to throw around because their meaning is fuzzy and ill-defined”.

They sure are! 'Thrown around' by the Left in lieu of reasoned argument, which the Left has never managed to master. There is no point in arguing with anyone who calls you a racist; they have made up their tiny minds, and that's that. Who cares what the think, anyway!

The Andrew Robb case is a damn disgrace which will never be investigated by his corrupt mates still on the public teat, who are all hoping for similar opportunities when they start coming under public scrutiny. And, would Dastaryi still be a free man in any country other than Australia?

Australian politics and Australian politicians are rotten to the core.

PS: my spellcheck offers 'dastardly' as an alternative to Dastaryi.
Posted by ttbn, Monday, 19 June 2017 11:56:34 AM
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A relevant article. This subject relates to our very survival as Australians. And I mean by that, the period in the not so long ago, when Australian meant predominantly Anglo Saxon, (now a swear word ).

Chinese corruption must be endemic to be so plainly in view. What lies in the subterranean of the workings of this country, defies logic to identify it: However, a clear way to view it, is through the eyes of the losers.
Losers make their way to the bottom, while winners are grinners move in the opposite direction. Losers are those impoverished in this country by new wealth in the form of Chinese investment in particular, and its enabling power by unreliable politicians from the winning end of town.

Poor people die quietly, what has transpired through foreign investment is a tsunami of social disaster. Rents have become manifestly unaffordable, home ownership is a lost dream, useful jobs exported to Asia, education prioritised towards Asians, job prospects therefore weighted towards them with special extensions to visa requirement, leading towards easy citizenship if required.
Privatising public services has lead to drastic price rises for water and electricity, impacting the poor and the further dispossessed of this country.

Aiding this trend is a suspect crony oriented political system, focusing on the poor through welfare reform designed to impoverish further the dispossessed. Reforms which totally ignore stark realities not missed by the same losing classes, observing the welfare dollar extended into areas which should be self supporting, and where means testing should be essential for saving budget bottom lines. There appears nothing of value in foreign investment for the day to day citizen, evermore forced into an Asian nightmare from which they try to escape!

Not good.
Posted by diver dan, Monday, 19 June 2017 12:06:37 PM
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and the fools that push the evolution fantasy telling us that we are evolving into more moral beings. Just don't let the obvious get in the way of a failed humanistic dogma. With Bill and his trade union links and Sam being looked after by the Chinese and Turnbull working for Goldman Sachsin a previous life we are in such good hands. And then we have Triggs ....
Pauline even with her dodgy plane looks miles ahead of the major parties. To think that the gullible believed that personal belief and philosphy would not affect one's public performance. Look at the ratbag of the 'safe'schools program now claiming up to 50% of kids are 'gay'. And we alow this child grooming!
Posted by runner, Monday, 19 June 2017 4:24:58 PM
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runner, "Look at the ratbag of the 'safe' schools program now claiming up to 50% of kids are 'gay'. And we allow this child grooming!"

I will raise you with this,

Oh Canada!
Bill C-16, awaiting Royal assent.

http://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/42-1/bill/C-16/third-reading

http://torontolife.com/city/u-t-professor-sparked-vicious-battle-gender-neutral-pronouns/
Posted by leoj, Monday, 19 June 2017 5:11:17 PM
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